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New Nylon 12 Offers Reusability, Surface Finish For Industrial Additive Manufacturing

HP introduces PA 12 S for 3D printing.

Custom 3D Printed Parts Made From Bio-based Elastomers

Erpro's custom part printing service will now offer Arkema's Pebax RNew elastomer.

Recycling Program Announced for Nylon 3D Printed Parts

Sculpteo, part of the BASF company, announced a program to establish a circular material stream with its recycling program for 3D printed products.

Arkema to Boost Production of Pebax TPEs

The company will increase it global manufacturing capacity for these polyether-block-amide (PEBA) elastomers by 25%.

Health, Eco Concerns Give Non-Phthalate Plasticizers a Push

New and improved formulations are displacing leading plasticizer DEHP; DINP’s future is also now shakier.

Materials at NPE: New Solutions to Enhance Processing, Performance, Sustainability & Cost

There was no shortage of new thermoplastics and additives covering the full range of end-use applications.

APPLICATION: Stand-Up Paddle Boards Feature High-Performance Acrylic

Altuglas' high-performance acrylic coextruded on ABS produces new high-gloss colored boards.

Materials & Applications for Thermoplastic Composites in Automotive

Thermoplastic composites represent a new class of structural parts for automotive and a new opportunity for injection and compression molders.

Reactive Liquid Acrylic for In-Situ Thermoplastic Composites

Easy impregnation of fiber composites and room-temperature processing plus toughness, weldability, and recyclability.

Liquid Thermoplastics Process Like Composite Thermosets

The continued evolution of thermoplastic composites just got even more interesting with this week’s launch by Arkema of the first range of a novel family of liquid thermoplastics that are transformed via reactive closed-mold processes such as room-temperature infusion, RTM, and flex-molding as used for composite thermosets.

Arkema Launches Amorphous & Crystalline PEKK

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Arkema has introduced a comprehensive range of PEKK (poly ether ketone ketone) comprised of three families of high-performance thermoplastics for aerospace, oil exploration, and electronics applications.

New Technology Permits PVDF Foaming

New technology from Arkema Inc., Philadelphia, allows foaming its Kynar PVDF fluoropolymers, paving the way for new applications for foam-core pipe and sheet in aerospace, aircraft, and automotive.

MATERIALS AT NPE: All Market Sectors Benefit from Large Crop of New Materials

Higher-performance and easier processing PE film resins for packaging, a one-pass crosslinked PE for photovoltaic (PV) wire and cable, several higher-performing nylons and TPEs, “greener” plastics, and enhanced styrenic and PC resins are among the new materials that made their debut at the big show in Orlando, Fla., last month.

Economical Toughener for PC/ABS Also Boosts Flow of PC

Impact modifier addresses three key needs.

On Site: Tailoring Medical Solutions… Sometimes in 50-lb Lots

Smaller volumes teams with higher quality and value as keys to the success of this growing medical compounder.

Four Key Markets Drive Material Advances At K 2010

Last fall’s K 2010 fair in Germany drew dozens of materials suppliers to show off hundreds of new products, aimed especially at packaging,medical, automotive, and electrical/electronics.

K 2010 Preview, Additives A Mix of New Ingredients at K Show

Want your plastic to mold faster, tougher, clearer?

Materials Additives & Blends Take PLA Upscale

The second conference on biopolymers hosted by NatureWorks testified to the burgeoning interest in this new field of plastics.

Additives: Three Trends to Track

Additives that render plastic compounds antistatic or electrically and/or thermally conductive are in hot demand.

It's Time to Get to Know Your Way Around Bioplastics

If you’re thinking about adding bioplastics to your portfolio of processing capabilities, it’s best to first find out what separates them from traditional synthetic polymers and how their differences will affect you.

Shining Opportunities In Solar Films

Photovoltaic markets are growing explosively, and so are opportunities for specialty film producers. Solar cell and module production, which was forecasted to grow at 50% a year for the next few years before the recession hit, is now expecting slightly more healthy 30% annual growth, according to DuPont, a major supplier of photovoltaic film materials. Solar cell and module manufacturers are expanding, and large numbers of new companies are entering the field.

New Molds, Materials and Machines At Fall Rotomolders’ Show

Huge new shuttle and carousel machines, expanded availability of CNC-machined aluminum molds, and new resins and additives highlighted the recent Rotoplas ’08 exhibition and 33rd Annual Fall Meeting of the Association of Rotational Molders (ARM) in Rosemont, Ill.

Global Warming: New Challenge for Polyurethanes?

‘Zero-ODP’ is no longer enough. Now, PUR foamers are being asked to consider blowing agents with ‘low-GWP’ (global warming potential). Another environmental push is to expand use of bio-based polyols in rigid and flexible foams. Both were key topics at this year’s PUR conference.

Enhancing Biopolymers: Additives Are Needed for Toughness, Heat Resistance & Processability

Plastics are going “green,” but they will need some help to get there. Biodegradable polymers derived from renewable resources are attracting lots of interest and publicity, but that enthusiasm is counterbalanced by persistent questions of availability, cost, performance, and processability. All these issues are inter-related: Increasing demand will lead to more capacity, which will presumably lead to lower prices. But the foundation is market demand, which ultimately depends on whether biopolymers will have the performance properties and processability to compete with existing non-renewable plastics.

TPEs Move Up the Performance Scale

This first of two articles on directions in TPE development focuses on styrenic, copolyester, polyamide, and TP urethane elastomers. The following article covers olefinics—TPOs, TPVs, and POEs.

Additives and Colorants Score Dramatic Advances

Among the host of new additives at K 2007 were a number of unusual entries: additives to add scratch resistance or reduce odor, leaps ahead in PP clarifying, specialized antioxidant protection for nanocomposites, a growth enhancer for greenhouse films, and a naturally free-flowing TiO2. In addition, “Green” was the theme of exhibits that highlighted “all-natural” additives for biopolymers, and colors to enliven recycled resins.

Branched PVDF Gains Melt Strength For Film, Blow Molding, Thermoforming

Chain branching opens up lots of new processing opportunities for these fluoropolymers.

New Additives and Colorants To Debut at K 2007

The world’s largest plastics show next month in Dusseldorf will highlight an unusual mix of new polymer additives, including some based on novel chemistries that reportedly set new levels of performance.

Carbon Nanotubes Lots of Potential--If the Price is Right

With capacity scale-ups driving prices down, the pace has picked up for commerical applications that boost electrical and thermal conductivity, structural strength, and thermal stability.

New Barrier Options Debut at SPE ANTEC

Innovative barrier technologies to boost the shelf-life of PET bottles were introduced at the May SPE ANTEC 2007 conference in Cincinnati.

Medical Tubing: Tinier Than Ever And Much More Complex

Medical tubes are becoming ever smaller and thinner while adding new features like high-tech material combinations, more wire braiding/wrapping, and heat-shrink sheathing for strength and kink resistance.

Biopolymers Strive to Meet Price/Performance Challenge

High expectations for biopolymers— an emerging class of materials derived at least in part from biological activity—are being tempered by the realities of the marketplace.

Polyurethanes: Fine-Tuning Insulation Foams

Thermal insulation has become ‘eco-friendly,’ but now the challenge is to optimize economics, processing, and performance.

Small Fuel Tanks: New Emissions Rules Spur Hunt for Barrier Solutions

Coex blow molding has the inside track, but makers of small gas tanks and jerry cans are also looking at fluorination and other monolayer systems. Rotomolders, too, are considering multilayer alternatives.

Nanoscale Additive Blends Both Compatibilize and Toughen

A new family of acrylic block copolymers is said to be easily mixed into nanoscale dispersions with various thermoplastics, thermosets, and elastomers—and to be miscible with those matrix polymers.

K 2004 Wrap-Up on Materials: Setting New Benchmarks for Processability and Performance

Higher flow, higher heat, higher barrier, higher clarity, higher stiffness, lower durometer, lower smoke, lower odor—materials exhibits at the recent K 2004 show in Dusseldorf were stretching the bounds of processing and performance properties in all directions.

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